The Compassionate Friends is a self-help organisation offering friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents after the death of a child and fostering the physical and emotional health of bereaved parents and their surviving children.

It is important to avoid platitudes and unhelpful comments by taking time to think before you speak. The Better Health Channel in association with the Centre for Grief and Bereavement has some suggestions for offering support and importantly, approaches and comments best avoided.

The National Centre for Childhood Grief provides individual and group counselling and support for children and teens from 3-18 years of age. The Sydney based centre provides group and individual counselling in a caring environment known as A Friend's Place and offers support and advice for parents, guardians and other caregivers.